Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 at 23:19
Ross I'll go and bat for anyone especially if it's made by false accusations, dealers are no different to no dealer service facilities.... good and bad in both.
The number of vehicles we see or hear about from non dealer service facilities that have done the wrong thing by the customer far outweighs wrongdoings by dealerships.
Hate to tell you; malpractice is live and
well in the non dealer sector.
It seems
Ross before your post there was nothing mentioned that the vehicle had be serviced and maintained by a dealership but you still seemed to conclude this could possibly be a cause of the failure.... all that was mentioned was it has be serviced according to the log book (think he means service schedule), this is the basic standard most reputable repairers will follow.
Mechanical devices will always have a failure rate and in most cases it's just a matter of time.
Anything could've happened..... a sensor failure making it run extremely lean, oil pump failing and a rift of other things..... being front wheel drive they could of hit something damaging the sump and kinking the oil pick up restricting oil..... yes we have seen it.
Could have even had an injector fail dumping too much fuel in with the unburnt fuel diluting the oil to an extent where the oil lost it's properties nipping up a bearing and throwing a leg out of bed.
As for oil quality..... even the cheapest oil used in an application like this will give good longevity and you would be hard pushed to find a dealership who would use the cheapest nastiest oil they could find.
Oil samples will show little in a destroyed engine and may be a cost that isn't needed... if an engine has be subject to extreme temps, loading and shear oil will carbonise, pulling an engine down will give a better understanding of the failure.
Sorry for ranting on but I get annoyed when people make comments and assumptions with no or very little data to back their claims.
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